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Wholesale Murder* Reported From Pek?n. Such the Story Said to Have Been Sent From London. London, July 13 ?A news agency report says that an official message received in London states that ali ?he foreignere in Pek?n were murder ed July 6 The scanty cable dispatches re ceived today add nothing to the knowledge in London of the Chinese situation It is stated positively from Canton ?nat Li Hung Chang will remain there until the allied troops have defeated Prince Tuan's forces, and then will go north to ler^ bis powerful aid in arranging terme of peace, cooperating with Prince Ching, Yung Lu and the sther pro foreign viceroys For the present Li Hung Chang considers that he can beet control and direct the viceroys from Canton and also keep in check the turbulent province of Kwaog Tang All the foreigners and missionaries have evacuated Wen Chao and bave arrived at King Po. Large bodies of Boxers appeared at Wen Chau and threatened to exterminate the foreign ere and Christains. They also dis , tribated banners, badges and inflam matory ant?-foreiga-appeals. The Tien Tain correspondent or The Express, telegraphing under date ?f July 9,. asserts that the Chinese are daily driving in the allies. They have mounted, says the correspon dent, 13 fresh guns in advantageous positions, with which they are sweeping the streets of the foreign settlement, the incessant fire render ing position after position quite un tenable. THREE THOUSAND KILLED. The Daily Mail's St Petersburg correspondent says that in the last ais hours' battle outside of Tien Tain, She Cossacks captured six Krupp guns and killed numbers of fleeing Sosera The Chinese lost 3,000 kill ed,., including Gen Kek LITTLE NEWS RECEIVED. In the house of commons today, re plying to questions on the subject, the partfameotary secretary of the for eign office, Mr Broderick, said that little news had been received from Ohina Her majesty's government ie explained, had been unable to communicate with the British naval officers in China, as the land lines be jareen Chefooand Shanghai had been ?cfc A dispatch purporting to have ?een sent from the emperor of China to her majesty's government was received yeeterday, bat the secretary said he was enable to promise to 32ake its contents known Preparing for Possible War, Washington", July 12.?' On to Pe iin" is the policy adopted by our government it is said that regard jess of the issues raised as to the authenticity of the late Chinese note, : sr the accuracy of its statements of fact, or the questions raised as to the responsibility for the present situa j ion our government at least ?3 de termined not to relax its efforts to reach Pekin, to get in touch with Mr Conger if he is alive, to take the i:ece?sary steps for the protection of American interests and in fact to do all those things set out in Secretary Hay's note to the powere, -including a reckoning with the person or per- j sons responsible for the outrageous ! even !?? the p'ist six weeks T&ren&y-four boors* consideration of tii? C?inese note leaves the officiais ; here c*?n*i??ed that i marks the be j ! gmuiug oi a generai effort on the I pavt c? the (>.'?i:ipRo officials to relieve j ! tbe s>tves fr.?rr: responsibility for the j i treatment of the foreisrn ministers and t;i;> righting a? Tien Tsin J ? Th'- news from Tie:: Tsh: of the I Ens&tit?f.*ctory relations betweeu trio I allied f?rcre goes to confirm the war ? ] department official here in their orig- j < :na! conviction that two or three jl brigades o? Americans troops, veter an? of tbe Indian war. of the Cuban ! j campaign and of the Philippine jun t gle bsntp could have achieved some valuable remits by this lime bad! they been at Tier. Tsin Col Liscufss' orders are broadly j framed, and,.it is said at the war de partment, that while he retains com j ^ marid of hie? own men ander ail cir- i ' eamstances, he may cooperate to any \{ extent verj?h the allied forces j ? Coi Hoyt's Tribute to Col-11 clous'o's Company. ! * toe oponing part of hie speech 1 , on campaigu day in Sumter, Col iloyt : j jeferreo to his services in the Pal ? j matto Sharpshooters during the civil . ? war, and had the following to say of Capt Aien Colclough's company, ' which was composed almost al!, if j ? 20t entirely, of Somier :?\c?i. From man like Col Iloyt, this Is high < testimony, but those who knew Capt Dolclough and his men feel thai it is son? too strong : ''In the war between the states if was my fortune to servo in the same regiment with Capt Alexander Col clough's company from Sumter coun tj. and I desire here to state that braver, nobler or more gallant men j .rever breathed the breath ef life/' Pears ' Actual sEx?ermma tion Washington, July 13.?Tbe Ch?cese j minister, Mr. Wn, hss undertaken lo gei through a cipher cable message from Secretary Hay to United States : Minister Conner at Pekio. and to ; de?7er back the reply of Minister Ooo ; ger if be be ai i . Mr. Wu forwarded j tbe cipher dispatch, together with an ! extended explanatory message of his I own, on Wednesday, and the results j are now being eagerly awaited both by j Secretary Hay and the Chinese minis I ter, although it is appreciated that some days must elapso before runners ean carry out this plan or openieg up communication between the American government at Washington and the American minister at Pesio. It was soon after Minister Wa pre sented the text of the edict ?sued by the Chinese imperial government that Mr. Hay requested bim to get through a message to Minister Conger. Siooe the Cbioese government bad succeeded in getting through its own communica tion from Pekin, Mr Hay felt thai it was quite reasonable to ask that like communication be opened between oar minister and the govercment here Mr. Wu readily assented to this propo sition. Mr. Hay thereupon wrote the mes sage aod had it translated into tbe official cipher of the state department. The contents were not made known to Minister Wa, bat in its unintelligible oipber form it was entrusted to him to be plaoed in the banda of Minister Conger at the earliest possible moment. Mr. Wu determined to act through the medium of an influential imperial officer at Shanghai, who by reason of bin posi tion, is better able than anyone else in Chioa to execute such a mission. Besides forwarding the message to Minister Conger, Mr. Wu sent to tbe Chinese officiai a detailed and urgent explanatory message, in which was set forth tbe imperative importance of per forming this service for the American government. The official was urged to spare no effort or expense in forward ing the message by carriers, runners, or any other means, into the hands of Minister Conger, and to use like means in getting back the answer to the American government. Two days have elapsed siooe the message to Mr. Con ger went forward, and it is confident]} believed that it is now on its way from Shanghai to Pekio. FEAR THE VERY WORST. Washington, July 13 ?The depart ment of state has received a dispatch from Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai, saying that the governor of j Shang Tung wires thac the Bdxcts and j j soldiers were bombarding the legations ? for a ficai attack upon tbe 7th of July, j J He is extremely anxious fcr the safety ? ? of tbe ministers and frieodly Chinese j ^ in Pekio. The consul adds that fears ! ^ for the wcrst are generally entertained, j ^ Tie state department has aiso re j ceived a dispatch from Consul McWade ? g at Canton saying that tbe viceroy Li j ^ Hung Cbaog bas engaged quarters j opon the Cbinese steamer Anpiog, but | j that tbe date of bis departure for the ? j. D?rth is as yet undecided j p Consul General Goodnow'e message i r terribl ^pressed the officials here j All aLjg they have suspected that the j . various communication? received from j Chioese sources in Shanghai have been j preparing the way for the announce- r ment of tbe extermination of the for-; eign ministers and their wives, cb;i- j dren, attaches, dependents and guards. ? ? Tbe consul general's mes^ag?. it is 1 understood, is but a repetition of the ! r latest press reports from Shanghai, bat the state department has c"?me to piaoc a high estimation cn Mr. Good now's advices, [s appreciates the fact that be docj not send every piece of unreliable gesip afloat in tbc renia [iena! news centre where he is stationer, j ? but ases good judgment in sifting cue tbc probable from the other kind of 2CW.V Moreover, bis adrice this time is from the Chinese governor of the province wherein Shanghai is .->ituated, and h is bard to contrive of ao auco-jate r:-a-a:D for tao fa'sificanoo of thy ?a?ts by that cffisial \z the direction of this particular report. Thctc'ore, tho state iepartmect, which has all along been 3op?ful cf the uitimate rescue of tbe Ministers at Pekin, has now joined European chancellories to the belief :hat tbey cavo ali been killed. i E ?1 ? s i t NOTHING FROM ADMIRAL REM E Washington, July 13 ?Seoretary Long etated at a late bour tonight that ae had not received a word daring tbe jay or evening from Admiral Remey, in command of rhc Asiatic squadron to 3hioeec waters The fact that tbe ad miral bae not made any report of tbe ?ondttiood said to exist in Pekio and :ho reported murder of tbe ministers [ Secretary Long regards aa a hopeful j igo, as he iodines to tbe opinion that j bad any finality occurred in the capital j >oiac wnr:i or rumor of it m'ght have I found tts way to Tien Tsra or Taku TAS Ei A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought ? l: Bears the Signature ci DR RE?D ON CHINA. Rev Dr Gi?beil C. Re?d, presid? ut of the International Institute of China, located at Pek?n, has article in the May number o? the N;;ith American Review entitled "The Pow ers and the Partition of China,'' which is rendered more interesting D37 very recent events occurring since the article was written Dr Reid in his work for the institute has come in contact with influential and thinking men of other countiies, , especially with those most deeply interested in and responsible for the j relations existing between China and the rest of the world?ministers of; foreign countries chiefly. Dr Reid does not attempt to give ! authorized statements of the views of the ministers of their countries, but only the impressions gathered by | him, with his grounds for his belief j He takes the nations up in order and discusses the attitude of each Great Britain was for a long time in favor of the integrity of China, because it predominated the country commercially. Of late it has become much concerned about "maintaining: British influence ;" it has abandoned the "open door* policy for "spheres of influence.'' Great Britain would prefer to see China remain intact, but seeing her own predominence threat ened, is making efforts to get a strong foothold in the rich Yang-Tse valley China's wishes and rights are entirely ignored. The only question is, what is best for Great Britain. Lord Charles Beresford upon his return from his recent tour of commercia) investigations in China recommends one of two propositions ; either to train the Chinese troops for the pro tection of the Yang-Tee valley or else to organize an alliance with the United States, Germany and Japan as against Russia and France Dr Reid thinks Russia is much misjudged ; that they really bave a much stronger feeling for the Chinese than for the Germans and English. Russia bas not taken possession of Manchuria province, which still pays its taxes to China. Russia really interferes less in the internal affairs d? China than any other nation. The building of the great Siberian rail road br t on Russia such immense idvau* jee that the jealousy of other countries bas been aroused, and tbey think she will try to acquire a large share of China Dr Reid says that while Russia would "like to exercise a dominant influence in China, as other lations do, she would much prefer ; that the empire should remain intact, but since dismemberment is "in the iir," she is strengthening her 6i*tua- j ;ion so as to be able to take posses- j don of Manchuria and Mongolia and j he city of Pekin whenever the 6cram ? )?e comes. This no doubt accounts ? - or what is regarded as Russia's sel ?sh poiicy since the recent troubles )egan France's interest in China is mis lionary more than commercial She ?as all Catholic missione under her 1 protection. France does not enter J argeiy into the question of dismem >erment aud only because of her ympatby with Russia on account of inanciai obligations. The murder of two missionaries in he province of Shantung two years \go gave Germany the occasion of icquiring large influence in that ter itory, together with the important )ort of Miao Chow. Japan, though iateiy at war with Jhina, would not naturally op j >ose dismemberment Being so j auch in the same condition as China I , he would herself eventually suffer he same, state j * Mr. Reid believes that America ? vould prefer to see China remain in act, but that if dismemberment J akes place the United States will j lave to be consulted with?which neans ehe would demand a share. | le says, what we all know, that the ?c .verace American has very lit tie re ? I pect for trie Chinese as a race This s shown in our excluding them from his country Dr. Ried closes his article as fol ows : "Thus through mutual jealousies , if the nations. China maybe held to gether. All seek their own interests - irst, from what some would term >atriotic motives, and yet this very elf interest is dependent on the preservation of China. A scramble or conquest, possessions, sovereign y, in Chiua would endanger the >eace of the whole world. Eveu a I truggle for established spheres of nfluence, with Chinese authority weakened more and more, would not nly be treacherons to China but pro ok? euch discord, animosities, riots nd resentments as to make the ices nd trouble of the participants great r than the gain and honor Each na- | ion, while anxious for more influ- j nee, is opposed to the iucreased in - j luence of any other nation. The ? vlioie territory of China presents so j nany opportunities for foreign enter- j " rise that ail prefer competition to xclusiveness and dismembermeut." triglifi ul Blunder Wili (?ftc:j cause ;i horrible Burn, ?sca! :. Cut r ?..-i;!-e. BuckleiiArnica S?lve, tac l>c.-t ifi : 1 a? \ ?? ! i >v:?! iii'i th-j pain ? ??! :?? _ ';.?:?! ( :. Curo OV* *-?rc*. Fever S -r.-s. t'kcr?. * ; !?-, F? ? ?;>. (.* :-, ail >): (? Kru; ' :. . Be?; I 'ile Cur?; ? '.. earth. Only l?^ ct-<. a box. Cuse < uarar.tt?o i. ??T? fey J. 1% W. fcvrUnue, i-Yug ! Good \? ^.mmoc?td cheap?oc-t?er oaes for a isii? more?at ?l. G. L'?ic-eu k C?*e. ? oulllCllllR1 ummer The handiest, cleanest, safest, coolest and most economical summer cook stove ever sold. SS Blue Flame Burns ordinary kerosene. Combines the efficiency of the coal ran^e and the convenience and comfort of the gas range at a frac tion of the expense of either. An absolutely safe and clean stove ; will not smoke, smeli or get greasy; can't explode. Can be moved anywhere. Sold wherever stoves are sold. If your dealer does not have them, write to STANDARD OIL COMPANY. Mrs. JL. Atkinson, Fashionable MILLINERY. New Summer Goods an? Novelties Coming in Every Week. Stock of Flowers and all Trimming Mate riale full now for Summer uee. Daily additions of new designs in Trimmings k?ep our Trimmed Hat Department continu ously attractive. The oatgoing models are promptly replaced by iater ideas of our own designing aod copies cf tbe latest Hate ehown in New York. The Barop exelusiveoees characterize our exhibit of UNTRIMMED HATS, which com prises choice selections of Straw Braids, in white, black and tbe pastel shades. Prices the lowest in city for equal qualities, j Mrs- L. Atkinson, SUMTER, S. C. May 16 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOITER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capitai.S 75,0f;0 CO Surplus and ProS'2 ... - jb.COO OU AdcitioE'il Liability of Stock holder.; in ?-xc-e=3 of their stock. 73,000 00 lo'al protection :c depositors, S175 000 00 Trnr?.< ic;.3 h Ge' pm: Banking Bu inrss. Spec - attention iri'/en to collections. S 1 VilVGS DEPART3IENT* Depos! . ai' Si ar,? upwards received. Id terest altered at the rate or 4 per cet:t.<per innum, on aruouuts above S3 aud net exce^d ng$30.', payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July f-nd Uctooer. R M. WALLACE, L. S. Caksos, President. Cashier Onion Seis AND Garden Seeds* f\. supply of Oniou Sets, of choice j rarieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for j be season's planting, now on hand, ? FULL LINK OF medicines, ! perfumery; md Fancy Articles, | Jsually found in a first class Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully corn funded at reasonable prices. J. F. W. DeLorme, Get 25 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anyone pendine a sketch and description may rjulckly ascertain onr opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictlyoon?dential. Handbook on Patents gent, tree Oldest acenev for sccunnp patents. Parents taken through Munn & Co. rctctve sprciaf netter, without charge, iu the Scientific American, A handsomely iilr.ctratoil weekly. T.nreest cir culation of^rny scientjOc: journal; Terms. $3 a year * four "Jwntbs. $L Sold by all newsdealers. iM?NN&Co.36,B~ New York ! Brunch Office. v2? St, Washington. D. C. t?j I have on hand a lot of Lome-niade Vinegar of very ne ouali? y*. The ?iavor is del cate, while lire strength is ?.qual to any te be had, \>?ji ee soto :? iM\ losiucnce or 40 cents per galli n. Too Many Goods. j In some of our departments, we are overstocked, and rather ! than cany a surplus into next season, when the indications are we can replace them for less money, we have determined to put a Cleaning Out Pri?e on them. In Clothing we have about 25 Crash Suits j Worth $3 to $3.50; we offer them at $1.95 j This is actually less than the goods are worth to buy, and at above price should not last long. 100 pairs Boy's Washable Pants? sizes 4 to 15?35c to 50c values at 25c per pair. 25 DUCK VESTS?Plain and fancy, single and dou ble-breasted goods worth $1.50 to 82?as long as they last they go at 95C. We have still some good values left in Flannel Coats and Coats and Vests? if you find your size we will guarantee to save you money. Men's Low Cut Shoes. Reynolds make So grade, as long as they last $2.40. Bay State make $2 grade, $1.60, Ladies' Oxfords?black and tan. Godman brand?the $1.50 grade $1,10. Ladies' Shirt Waists? With laundered Collars and Cuffs?formerly sold 40c to 50c, NOW 25c. The 25e grade, 15c. We bave a few ver? desirabie ratter ne in Silk Waists left Formerly eoid at 50, 75, 85c and ?1 ?while they last they go at 38, 50, COc ard 75c These psctet be seen to be appreciated. What is left of our Silk and Wool Challies we will sell at 23 cents. It is needless to add that persons wishing to take advantage of these prices will be expected to bring the CASH. 0. THE PUDDING SWAMP TOBACCO WAREHOUSE CO'Y OF MAYESVILLE. BegS tO announce, that, Having decided to no longer lease its property, it will conduct its warehouse at Mayes ville during the season of 1000 under the management of JOHN W. MILLS. Mr. Mills will be in Mayesville on July I0th,and from that time on will personally look after the interests of our customers. We have Secured a large Corps of Buyers, with large orders, and promise the best prices, the best atten tion and the largest returns of any warehouse in the State. Messr3 liai! & Clement are no longer connecied with our house, but Mr. Milis wiil have an efficient corps o? assistants and will make every endeavor tv) picase yo:: arul merit your patronage. Our House will have its First Regular Sale on August 2d, 1900, v. ? will :;:.;: !;.? any tobaccos brought lo us from and after July 10th. ( ! ! \ !. I * A iu A ?j. the mmm mm? iosagso warehouse gompanv. W. D. GAMBLE. A. A. STRAUSS. President. Secretary and Treas. JliCe *_'7 ?